<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chand, Hemender R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhattacharya, Asish K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diastereoselective synthesis of beta-ether derivatives of artemisinin, an antimalarial drug: the effect of nitrile on stereoselectivity</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">antimalarials</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">arteethers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">artemisinin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">nitriles</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">trichloroacetimidates</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FEB</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">POSTFACH 101161, 69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">201-206</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Malaria is a life-threatening disease affecting a major portion of the world's population with considerable loss of human life. Artemisinin, isolated from Artemisia annua, its oil- and water-soluble derivatives, and other known antimalarials are recommended for artemisinin combination therapy by the World Health Organization. We have established a method for the stereoselective synthesis of beta-ether derivatives of dihydroartemisinin in high yield and high diastereoselectivity. The reaction either in acetonitrile or dichloromethane/trichloroacetonitrile (6:1) mixtures at 0 degrees C or room temperature, respectively, furnished the antimalarial drugs artemether 3 or arteether 4 in high yield with a high diastereomeric ratio. The effect the nitrile has on the yield and stereoselectivity is mechanistically explained.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3.275</style></custom4></record></records></xml>